Katakuri, facing a smiling Sig, managed to throw a punch, but all he managed to throw was a large lump of dough Armament Haki Hardening. Sig easily dodged it by sidestepping, and then delivered a powerful kick to Katakuri's face!
If it were a "Vampire," when victory was assured, they would become very polite, and their attacks would consist of seemingly minor moves.
But the "Grumpy Fish-Man" wouldn't do that! He kicked Katakuri's body almost falling apart...
However, Katakuri's resilience seems to have improved considerably, as he hasn't fallen yet.
As Sig's attacks continued, Katakuri gradually regained control of his body. The wildly growing roses withered away, and the swollen mochi balls gradually shrank back into normal flesh and blood.
However, by the time Katakuri finished doing all that, he had already been beaten so badly by Sig that he coughed up a mouthful of blood!
Katakuri, seriously injured and panting heavily with significantly weakened stamina, was clearly at a disadvantage against the "Rampaging Fish-Man," his attacks becoming hesitant and timid...
Although he didn't quite understand what exactly happened, Katakuri at least knew that his "Life Return" had been disrupted by Sig's attack!
Normally controlled "prosthetics" grow back as disordered "flesh and blood"—it's just that because he uses the power of the Mochi Mochi Fruit to do this, it looks like mochi and isn't as gory.
Otherwise, the Rose Bishop's abilities would be even more "thematic"... Flesh and Blood Rose!
Katakuri first tried to stop his own disordered regeneration, and then gradually eliminated the potential chaos of "Life Return".
However, during this time, he was constantly being "Ora" Sig.
Fortunately, during the period of uncontrolled growth, Katakuri's defense, or rather his regenerative ability, was much stronger than usual, which is why he was only seriously injured instead of collapsing!
Moreover, the reason he was more resilient was that he was essentially overexerting himself by taking hits from Sig, at which point Katakuri was already panting heavily.
"Electricity? Electricity?" Katakuri's hands flicker Sig electricity.
Sig did not answer, but instead looked as if he was about to attack again.
Indeed, it's not entirely unrelated to "electricity"...
Sig had just figured out how Katakuri's ability worked, and then... he took another gamble!
The Rose Bishop already possessed the ability to control the mutation of flesh and blood, and even "mutating the flesh and blood of ordinary people and then observing the symptoms of the mutation" was one of his methods of impersonation, but Sig never did so.
However, the effect is not significant against opponents of the same level, especially after they have cultivated "Life Return" and have developed strong resistance to it.
Katakuri's strongest ability is "Observation Haki," followed by "Life Return," so Sig never thought he could use this technique against him.
However, during the fight, when Sig faced a large number of external mochi attacks that resembled the arms of a Devil Fruit user, he remembered the example Jinbe had given him.
In terms of skill level in "Life Return," Sig surpasses Jinbe. Therefore, it's speculated that Katakuri's training in "Life Return" might focus on abilities that make him more vulnerable to "Flesh and Blood Rose."
After all, Katakuri's training path is different from that of ordinary people.
Ordinary people cultivate "Life Return" to "control their bodies," such as Onigumo using his hair as arms to wield a knife, or Kaku his hair coiled into tentacles...
Katakuri's "Life Return" is essentially "controlling the body's orderly mutations," allowing him to grow extra limbs—something an ordinary person couldn't possibly master. However, Katakuri's Mochi Mochi Fruit excels in its malleability, making it a perfect fit.
However, this also means that Katakuri's body is more likely to become disordered than that of a master who has cultivated "Life Return" to this level.
So Sig took action...
The form of interference with the body is indeed related to "lightning," theoretically involving interference with the electrical signals of the nerves, causing the body to grow erratically.
Katakuri probably also considered this a special application of the "Rumble-Rumble Fruit"...
After all, Sig's superhuman physical strength is thanks to the tempering effect of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit. In terms of Armament Haki alone, Sig is far inferior to Katakuri, but in terms of physical strength, Sig is much stronger, which is why he is only slightly inferior in strength.
"BigMom's second son's head... I've got it!" Sig looked like he was about to go for the kill.
It's not surprising that this Fish-Man, with his reckless and foolish personality, would directly kill Katakuri without considering the subsequent trouble!
Just then, a group of Shadow Bat flew over, slightly disturbing Sig. Then, "Vladimir" landed in front of Katakuri, shielding him behind him and facing Sig directly.
Normally, after the Copy-Copy Fruit transforms into someone, there will be a significant difference in their aura, since it can only imitate the body, but not Haki, or rather, it cannot imitate "willpower".
When one's own will is combined with the body of an "outsider," the use of Haki will be weaker than usual, and one's temperament and aura will definitely be different.
However...
"Vladimir" is different; nine-tenths of his outward charisma comes from his Bananaman appearance, which was a foreshadowing of Sig's ability to separate his two identities.
Therefore, Katakuri did not detect anything strange about Enel's "Vladimir" aura.
Katakuri, however, still vaguely sensed something was off. He felt... this annoying Vampire wasn't as composed and charismatic as usual?
Sig gave Enel a subtle glare, which could be interpreted as a complaint about his poor acting skills.
However, Enel, feeling quite pleased with himself, tossed his cloak and declared, "That's enough! If you haven't had enough, I'll be your opponent!"
"Hmm, my brother-in-law told me to 'act more stylish.' Although I don't know what 'nobles' means, I feel like Shanks is pretty stylish, so I'll imitate him," Enel thought to himself.
Just then, a loud "boom" was heard, and the Giant Race Warrior elder Shururu fell down. King Fárbauti was also in grave danger under Smoker's attack.
But at that very moment, the moonlight dimmed, and a giant winged beast cast its shadow in the moonlight. On its back Shanks, Lucky Roo, Yasopp... basically all the Red-Hair Pirates' officers who had gone out!
"As expected... Are Elbaf and Red-Hair' gang going to join forces and declare war on us?" Katakuri roared.
Although he can't gain a significant advantage now, if Lola's elopement was indeed orchestrated by the Giant Race to humiliate the Big Mom Pirates, then Katakuri will fight to the death.
If he had been prepared, Katakuri wouldn't have lost so easily, even against the Rose Curse!
Seeing that Katakuri still wanted to fight, Shanks jumped down and said, "No, there's just a misunderstanding between me and the Giant Race. If I may, then... there's also a misunderstanding between me and Captain Charlotte."
Shanks' tone was somewhat submissive, suggesting he wanted to settle things peacefully.
"It could also be fate," Enel remarked, his face still bearing Vladimir's.
Katakuri and Shanks glanced at him. The former felt... this annoying feeling was familiar, just like before, while the latter couldn't quite tell which one was the real Sig!